Targeted treatments
Study lead author Raza Ali said it would be particularly useful
for cutting down the lengthy process of analyzing large numbers of tumors in
research projects.
It could also eventually become a useful additional test to helpdoctors chose the best treatment for a patient.
"While at first glance astronomy and pathology do not seem
to have anything in common, they are both connected through the study of a
large number of images, and not as different as might be expected," Dr Ali
added.
Dr Richard Francis, head of research at Breakthrough Breast
Cancer, said: "This technique will allow us to develop new targeted
treatments for breast cancer even faster.
"It's
great to see that they are already planning to further develop this method in alarger study, so in the future it can be used in clinical research."
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